Jul
4
2008
Open Sandman: Salvia Divinorum, Lord of Dreams (Part II)
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The Lost Coast Trail
AT HIGHER DOSES, the initial effect of smoked salvia upon the human psyche resembles that of general anaesthesia in that within seconds the subject ‘goes under’ despite resistive efforts to stay alert. With anaesthesia, however, one is ‘knocked out’ and remains more or less unconscious until revival; with salvia, one goes under not into insensate unconsciousness but into a kind of dreamscape, what some consider a spirit world. It is essential to measure out precise quantities: too little salvia and you do not go under (or ‘break through’ as others refer to it); too much and you recall little or nothing. Keep reading→
